Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 270: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of drivers on a full driving licence; the number on a provisional licence broken down by first, second, third and fourth provisional licences and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14109/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, which holds and administers the national driver file, has advised that 410,602 provisional licences and 1,955,782 driving licences were current at 31 March 2006. The breakdown of the provisional licences is as set in the following table:

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 271: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of current provisional licences; and if he will provide a breakdown of these into the various categories of licences by first, second, third licence and so on. [14110/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I have requested the breakdown of provisional licences by category from the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, who hold and administer the national driver file. The information will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.